Can anyone recommend a decent hotel reward/privilege scheme?

[deanogtv]

I'm finding myself more often taking short breaks around the uk and Europe and was starting to wondered if joining a hotel chain privilege club/scheme would be beneficial for me. Can anyone recommend a decent chain which offers good upgrades, decent rates and just all round good service as part of the member club. I've previously belong to the Hilton scheme and that was pants!!

[anonymous-user]

Depends on your budget, what you want to do with your points(eg convert to airmiles), location you will stay in(airport, cc, ind est etc) and who is paying for it!

Only join a loyalty scheme if they have an introductory offer(eg xx free points / start on a higher status) otherwise it can take ages to reach a decent status which is when it's really worthwhile(eg x4 points). Sign up to an email shot like frequentflier.com who will inform you of these offers.

Lately I've been using hotels.com loyalty scheme. Every 10 nights entitles you to a free night which will be based on the average price you paid for your last 10 nights. Great choice when you want to redeem

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 7th February 10:35

[Kudos]

I'm Hilton Diamond.
Free booze/food in the executive lounges, always guaranteed a room too. Upgrades routinely given without asking

If only staying a few nights per year. just go to the hotel with the best deals and forget about loyalty

[The jiffle king]

Marriott rewards suit me. I´ve already had a couple of free weeks in their hotels and have a couple more in terms of points remaining. Swisshotel is also quite good, but they are pricey. I´m enrolled in Sheraton and a couple of others as well. Normally at the hotel desk, I get out the stack of cards and ask which one they are

[blueg33]

acer12 said:

Depends on your budget, what you want to do with your points(eg convert to airmiles), location you will stay in(airport, cc, ind est etc) and who is paying for it!

Only join a loyalty scheme if they have an introductory offer(eg xx free points / start on a higher status) otherwise it can take ages to reach a decent status which is when it's really worthwhile(eg x4 points). Sign up to an email shot like frequentflier.com who will inform you of these offers.

Lately I've been using hotels.com loyalty scheme. Every 10 nights entitles you to a free night which will be based on the average price you paid for your last 10 nights. Great choice when you want to redeem

Edited by acer12 on Thursday 7th February 10:35

I use hotels.com and link to them through TopCashback. I get every 11th night free and 8% average cashback. You are not tied to any one chain

[Kneetrembler]

Marriott rewards suits me, with 3 different levels depending how much you use the hotel group.

[LooneyTunes]

Kudos said:

If only staying a few nights per year. just go to the hotel with the best deals and forget about loyalty

Pretty much this ^^^.

Unless you virtually live with the same hotel chain, or get into a high tier via a credit card promo or the such like, they're really not worth bothering with. Even then the benefits are usually so weak that they wouldn't influence me to stay in a slightly less convenient/more expensive place than I was really looking for.